And when they had done everything according to the Law of the Lord, they went back to Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth.
And the child grew in stature and strength as he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.
Now his parents used to journey every year to Jerusalem for the feast of the Passover. And when he was twelve years old, when they went up according to their custom for the festival and had completed their days there, on their return the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, and his parents did not know it. And supposing that he was in their company they went a day's journey and then looked for him among their relatives and friends, and when they did not find him they turned back to Jerusalem in search of him. And it happened that after three days they found him in the temple sitting in the midst of the masters, listening to them and asking them questions. And all who heard him were amazed at his intelligence and his answers. And they were astonished at seeing him, and his mother said to him: Child, why did you do this to us? See, your father and I have been looking for you, in distress. He said to them: But why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my father's house? And they did not understand what he had said to them. And he returned with them and came to Nazareth, and was in their charge. And his mother kept all his sayings in her heart. And Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in the favor of God and men.
tl In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judaea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother was te- trarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene, when Annas, with Caiaphas, was high priest, the word of God came to John the son of Zachariah in the desert. And he went into all the region about Jordan preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins, as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: The voice of one crying in the desert, prepare the way of the Lord, make straight the roads before him. Every watercourse will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be brought low; and the crooked will turn straight and the rough roads will tum smooth; and all flesh will look on the salvation of God. And he said to the multitudes that came out to be baptized by him: You viper's brood, who warned you to flee from the anger to come? Then produce fruits that are worthy of your repentance; and do not begin to say among yourselves: We have Abraham for our father. For I say to you that out of these stones God can raise up children to Abraham. And by now the ax is set against the root of the trees; so that every tree that does not bear fruit is cut out and thrown into the fire. And the people questioned him saying: What then shall we do? He answered and said to them: Let him who has two tunics share with him who has none, and let him who has food do likewise. And tax collectors also came to him to be baptized and said to him: Master, what shall we do? He said to them: Collect nothing except what is assigned to you. And soldiers in service also questioned him, saying: And we too, what shall we do? And he said to them: No extortion, no false accusation, and live on your wages. And as the people had great hopes and all were wondering in their hearts about John, whether he might even be the Messiah, John spoke forth saying to alclass="underline" I baptize you with water; but one is coming who is stronger than I, and I am not fit to untie the fastening of his shoes. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire. His winnowing fan is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor and gather his grain into his storehouse, and he will burn the chaff in quenchless fire.
There was much else also that he advised the people to do as he announced the good news. But Herod the te- trarch, who had been reproved by him in the matter of Herodias his brother's wife, and for all his other misdeeds, added this one to the rest: he had John confined in prison.
And it happened that in the baptizing of all the people Jesus also was baptized; and as he prayed the sky opened and the Holy Spirit in bodily form like a dove descended upon him, and there came a voice from the sky saying: You are my son, whom I love, in whom I am well pleased.
And Jesus when he began was about thirty years old, and was the son, as it was believed, of Joseph, the son of Heli, the son of Mathat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, the son of Matathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, the son of Maath, the son of Matathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda, the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Salathiel, the son of Neri, the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er, the son of Jesus, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Mathat, the son of Levi, the son of Symeon, the son of Judah, the son of
Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliacim, the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Matatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, the son of Jesse, the son of Jobed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nah- shon, the son of Aminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nachor, the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Sala, the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jaied, the son of Mahahaleel, the son of Cainan, the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
fl And Jesus, filled with the Holy Spirit, turned away from Jordan and was guided by the spirit in the desert for forty days, being tested by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days, and when they were finished he was hun^y. And the devil said to him: If you are the son of God, tell this stone to become bread. Jesus said to him in answer: It is written: Not by bread alone shall man live. Then he led him on high and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a flash of time; and the devil said to him: I will give you this power entire and the glory of these things, because this has been turned over to me, and I give it to whom I will. If then you will worship me, it shall all be yours. Jesus answered and said to him: It is written: You shall worship the Lord your God, and shall serve him only. Then he took him to Jerusalem and set him on the gable of the temple, and said to him: If you are the son of God, throw yourself down from here,- for it is written: He will charge his angels concerning you, to guard you; and that: Upon their hands they will support you, so that never may you strike your foot against the stone. And Jesus answered and said to him: It is said: You shall not tempt the Lord your God. So when he had done with every temptation, the devil left him until a better time.